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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2962 

To amend chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, to condition the receipt 

of certain highway funding by States on the enactment of certain laws 

to prevent the use of automated traffic enforcement systems. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2019 

Mr. WRIGHT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, to 

condition the receipt of certain highway funding by 

States on the enactment of certain laws to prevent the 

use of automated traffic enforcement systems. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Traffic Camera Free5 dom Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF AUTOMATED TRAF2 FIC ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 

4 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘§ 171. Prohibition on the use of automated traffic 

7 enforcement systems 

8 ‘‘(a) LAWS PROHIBITING AUTOMATED TRAFFIC EN9 FORCEMENT SYSTEMS.—A State meets the requirements 

10 of this subsection if the State has enacted and is enforcing 

11 a law that prohibits the use of automated traffic enforce12 ment systems. 

13 ‘‘(b) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR NONCOMPLI14 ANCE.—On October 1 of the first year after enactment, 

15 and on October 1 of each fiscal year thereafter, the Sec16 retary shall withhold 50 percent of the amount required 

17 to be apportioned to a State under each of paragraphs 

18 (1) and (2) of section 104(b) if the State does not meet 

19 the requirements of subsection (a). 

20 ‘‘(c) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF WITHHELD

21 FUNDS; EFFECT OF COMPLIANCE AND NONCOMPLI22 ANCE.— 

23 ‘‘(1) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF WITHHELD

24 FUNDS.—Any funds withheld under subsection (b) 

25 from apportionment to a State shall remain available 

26 for apportionment to the State until the end of the 


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1 third fiscal year following the fiscal year for which 

2 the funds are authorized to be appropriated. 

3 ‘‘(2) APPORTIONMENT OF WITHHELD FUNDS

4 AFTER COMPLIANCE.—If, before the last day of the 

5 period for which funds withheld under subsection (b) 

6 from apportionment are to remain available for ap7 portionment to a State under paragraph (1), the 

8 State meets the requirements of subsection (a), the 

9 Secretary shall, on the first day on which the State 

10 meets the requirements of subsection (a), apportion 

11 to the State the funds withheld under subsection (b) 

12 that remain available for apportionment to the 

13 State. 

14 ‘‘(3) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF SUBSE15 QUENTLY APPORTIONED FUNDS.—Any funds appor16 tioned pursuant to paragraph (2)— 

17 ‘‘(A) shall remain available for expenditure 

18 until the end of the third fiscal year following 

19 the fiscal year in which the funds are so appor20 tioned; and 

21 ‘‘(B) if not apportioned at the end of that 

22 period, shall lapse. 

23 ‘‘(4) EFFECT OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—If, at the 

24 end of the period for which funds withheld under 

25 subsection (b) from apportionment are available for 


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1 apportionment to a State under paragraph (1), the 

2 State does not meet the requirements of subsection 

3 (a), the funds shall lapse. 

4 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF AUTOMATED TRAFFIC EN5 FORCEMENT SYSTEM.—In this section, the term ‘auto6 mated traffic enforcement system’ has the meaning given 

7 such term in section 402(c)(4)(B) of title 23, United 

8 States Code.’’. 

9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 

10 chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 

11 adding at the end the following: 

‘‘171. Prohibition on the use of automated traffic enforcement systems.’’. 

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